Kenyan literature

Kenya has a long literary tradition, both oral and written; primarily in English[1] and Swahili, the two official languages of the country.

Kenya has a strong tradition of oral literature, which continues today in several languages.

[2] Important Kenyan writers include Grace Ogot, Meja Mwangi, Paul Kipchumba, Kinyanjui Kombani, Margaret Ogola, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Francis Imbuga, Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor and Binyavanga Wainaina.

[8][9] His novel A Grain of Wheat was said to "...[mark] the coming of age of Anglophone literature in East Africa".

The best-known of these include Isak Dinesen (the pen name of Karen Blixen), whose Out of Africa was the basis for the popular film starring Meryl Streep; Elspeth Huxley, author of The Flame Trees of Thika; Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye, whose Coming to Birth won the Sinclair Prize; and Beryl Markham, author of West with the Night.